Food is Medicine: Hype or Hope? - The Journal of Nutrition's 2026 Mal Nesheim Nutrition Landscape Award Lecture

Chair(s)

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  Xingen Lei, PhD (he/him/his)

  Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Nutrition
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Moderator(s)

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  Marian Neuhouser, PhD, RD (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  Public Health Sciences Division, Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  Seattle, Washington, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Speaker(s)

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  Frank Hu, MD, MPH, PhD (he/him/his)

  Chair, Department of Nutrition; Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Sponsored by Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology, the Malden Nesheim Nutrition Landscape Award honors the breadth and impact of Malden Nesheim’s distinguished career by recognizing outstanding review articles or editorials published in The Journal of Nutrition. This award is presented annually and is supported by Cornell University in recognition of Dr. Nesheim’s contributions to the university and the field of nutrition science.

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM - 8:35 AM ET

  Welcome and Introductions - Food is Medicine: Hype or Hope? - The Journal of Nutrition's 2026 Mal Nesheim Nutrition Landscape Award Lecture
  

  Chair: Xingen Lei, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University
• 8:35 AM - 8:40 AM ET

  Introduction to the 2026 Mal Nesheim Nutrition Landscape Award Lecture
  

  Moderator: Marian L. Neuhouser, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – Public Health Sciences Division, Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• 8:40 AM - 9:10 AM ET

  Food is Medicine: Hype or Hope? - The Journal of Nutrition's 2026 Mal Nesheim Nutrition Landscape Award Lecture
  

  Speaker: Frank B. Hu, MD, MPH, PhD (he/him/his) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• 9:10 AM - 9:25 AM ET

  Questions and Answers - Food is Medicine: Hype or Hope? - The Journal of Nutrition's 2026 Mal Nesheim Nutrition Landscape Award Lecture
  

  Chair: Xingen Lei, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University

  Moderator: Marian L. Neuhouser, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – Public Health Sciences Division, Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

  Speaker: Frank B. Hu, MD, MPH, PhD (he/him/his) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• 9:25 AM - 9:30 AM ET

  Closing Remarks - Food is Medicine: Hype or Hope? - The Journal of Nutrition's 2026 Mal Nesheim Nutrition Landscape Award Lecture
  

  Chair: Xingen Lei, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University